Shipping-can



(No Model.)

0. L. BETTS.

Shipping Gan,

No. 238,835. I Patented March 15,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

CHARLES L. BETTS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO LEWIS EBETTS, OF SAME PLACE, AND JOHN H. IRWIN, OF MORTON,

PENNSYLVANIA.

SHIPPING-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 238,835, dated March 15,1881.

Application filed July 7, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES L. BETTS, of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Cans, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, ref erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention has relation to the construction of that class of cans which are provided with a boxing or casing of wood to prevent damage during transportation and at other times, and which are ordinarily denominated I 5 shipping-cans.

The object of my invention is to simplify and improve the construction of such cans,

rendering them easier and quicker to be made,

than heretofore, affording better security against damage and leakage, and at the same time to reduce the cost of construction.

To accomplish this the invention involves certain novel and useful arrangements of parts and details of construction, all of which will 2 5 be hereinafter first fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is an axial section of a shipping-can constructed in accordance with my invention, the several sections there- 0 of being shown as assembled in place for use. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section upon line a; a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a rectangular can with the top removed. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the detached bottom of a rect 3 5 angular can. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing two of the adjacent sides of myimproved can detached from the other parts, in order to clearly indicate the arrangement of the tin plates upon the wooden backing. Figs.

6, 7, and 8 are perspective views representing, respectively, the top, body, and bottom of a cylindrical can constructed in accordance with my invention.

Like letters of reference, wherever they oo- 4 5 our, indicate corresponding parts in all the figures;

In the square forms, indicated at Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the vertical walls of the casing may, for convenience of description, be said to be com posed of the side pieces, A A, overlapping the end pieces, B B. The side pieces, A A, are each faced with tin plates t, extending nearly or quite to their vertical edges, and overlapping at top and bottom, as shown at Figs. 3 and 5. The end pieces, B B, are likewise faced with tin plates t but these are made to lap over the sides of B, as shown in Fig. 2, as well as over the top and bottom, as shown at Figs. 1 and 3. The bottom piece, 0, is faced with metal, made to lap over all the edges, the same as the end pieces. The sides, ends, and bottoms are cut to pattern of the proper size and the metallic plates bent thereon, which is easily and quickly done by any ordinary workman, and this without the use of special expensive tools. The overlapping parts serve to hold the plates upon the wood while being handled, and the sides, ends, and bottomsare tacked or nailed together with their metal facing inside in the position indicated in Figs. 1, 2, and 5. The nails may pass through the projecting parts of the metal plates without damage. When thus assembled the joints are all soldered upon the inside of the can, and the body of the can is thus easily made perfectly tight, its casing fits closely around it at all points, and the cost of construction is reduced to a minimum. To complete the can the top T is inserted in the open end and the joint at a soldered from the exterior.

The cylindrical can is constructed in substantially the same way, the metal body being first surrounded by staves 7a 7a, of any number of pieces, or by a single piece of bent wood, which may be properly held together bylhoops, one of which is shown at l, or otherwise, and the metal-covered bottom inserted and soldered in place upon the interior. The top is then secured the same as in the square can.

Instead of tin, either zinc, copper, or any other suitable metal may be employed for facing the wooden blocks. The soldered joints of the body of the can, being all upon the interior, are less liable to damage than in the ordinary constructions. They are, moreover, easier to be made, and can be completed by any ordinary workman.

By my improved construction the usual lapjoints are dispensed with, and the whole structure rendered more solid and durable than in ordinary shipping-cans.

Having now fully described my invention,

set forth, the combination, with the side and end pieces of metallic plates, made to overlap the top and bottom of the sides and the four edges of the end pieces, of tacks passing through the pieces and plates, and the inserted 2o can-top and inside and outside solder-joints, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. BETTS.

Witnesses L. A. BUNTING, J. W. MILLINGTON. 

